Pierce Associates, Inc.

	FDA Consolidation - CFSAN/CVM
	Owner:	Food and Drug Administration
	Architect:	Kallman, McKinnell and Wood
	Engineer:	(HDR) Henningson, Durham, Richardson, Inc.
	Contract Value:	$16 Million

This is a new 410,000 square foot building constructed to house the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). This state-of-the-art facility consists of five stories of offices and laboratories.

The major components of main cooling system consist of three-910 ton centrifugal chillers and three cooling towers. The major equipment of the heating system includes three hot water boilers (900 HP) and two steam boilers. Additional mechanical equipment included the installation of seven field-erected air handling systems, four heat recovery units, 13 custom air handling units, 70 fans, two split systems, 775 variable air volume boxes, and 45 pumps. The sheetmetal work totaled over 650,000 pounds. In addition, over one mile of copper and stainless steel medical gas piping services the needs of the laboratories.

	Uni. of MD. Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)
	Owner:	University of Maryland
	Architect:	Design Collective, Inc.
	Engineer:	Burd, Koehler, Murphy
	Contract Value:	$2.4 Million

This new research facility for the University of Maryland contains both office and laboratory spaces. Its mechanical systems included a high-efficiency, modular, hot-water boiler together with a 350-ton chiller that serves the high volume air-handling system. The mechanical work also included a glycol heat-recovery system and high-capacity exhaust system. The exhaust ductwork was welded stainless steel. A laboratory air-control system was installed for pressurization control and operation of the fume hood exhaust. The research planned by the Owner for this facility required the installation of several specialized systems. These included: an ultra-high purity water system, laboratory compressed air, in addition to acid waste and neutralizing systems.

	Qiagen Sciences U.S. Manufacturing and Research Facility
	Owner:	Qiagen Sciences, Inc.
	Architect:	CDI - Herzog Hart
	Engineer:	CDI - Herzog Hart
	Contract Value:	$9.1 Million

This 200,000 square foot complex combines research laboratories with state of the art biotechnology production facilities, administrative office areas and a packaging, warehousing and shipping operation. The mechanical systems incorporate chilled water and steam systems serving custom air handlers as well as providing steam and hot water for the production systems. There are orbital welded stainless steel process piping systems, validated to FDA standards with stainless steel and conventional exhaust and air conditioning systems.

Pierce Associates was selected early in the preconstruction process to assist with budgeting and cost control efforts, and provided assistance to the designer with constructability issues and coordination of building services.

HVAC Piping systems and equipment include (2) 900 ton centrifugal chillers, induced draft cooling towers, (2) 400 HP steam fire tube boilers and deaerator. Process systems and equipment include (2) 2500 L, (2) 1250 L, (2) 500 L, (2) 200 L process vessels with agitators, an automatic filling line, bulk isopropyl tank farm package, instrument air, cleaned in place, process drain, isopropyl alcohol, process fluids, process vent, and USP (pure) water piping.

	Dominion Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
	Owner:	Dominion Semiconductor Corporation
	Architect:	IDC
	Engineer:	IDC
	Contract Value:	$39.7 Million

This facility is a state-of-the-art “chip” manufacturing plant owned and operated by Dominion Semiconductor Corporation. At its completion, the base building set a world record for size and duration of construction. Pierce Associate’s involvement with this project began in April 1996 with the coordination, fabrication, and installation of the Make-Up Air Supply, Recirculated Air Supply, Smoke Exhaust and Scrubbed Exhaust Systems in the base building. That work, which merited Pierce the Star Award for 1996 from the Washington Building Congress, posed unique challenges involving schedule (coordination, fabrication, and installation of more than one million pounds of ductwork in approximately three months) and cleanliness.

Next, Pierce undertook coordination, fabrication, and installation of low purity duct and pipe systems for approximately 175 tools on the “Pilot Tool Line”. That work, again involving world-class standards of time and cleanliness, was performed on a T & M basis. Pierce earned a Craftsmanship Award for HVAC work from the Washington Building Congress for that work.